Legal Opinion
Graves v. Graves
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 2012No. 11-FM-0729PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
This case is a corollary to Gore v. Gore, 638 A.2d 672 (D.C.1994). In Gore, we examined the breadth of a trial court’s statutory authority to equitably distribute marital property in a divorce proceeding1 when one of the spouses holds legal title to that property with a parent. We held that where the parent had been properly joined as a party to the action, the trial court could determine if the parent held bare legal title in constructive trust for the spouse who was not named on the deed and, if so, could order the equitable distribution of the entire property. Id.…
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- Wolf v. WolfSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Gray v. GrayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Harold Weisberg v. U. S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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